This position is located at ODOT's central office in the Finance division.

Address: 200 NE 21st St. OKC, OK 73105

Working Status: 100% in-office

Salary:  $122,000 per year

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibility for planning and directing financial accounting, budgeting, auditing, investments, cash management and other fiscal operations and functions. This includes directing staff activities in maintaining, analyzing and reporting financial accounting data, developing appropriate accounting systems, establishing necessary financial controls, approving various expenditures and obligations, planning and conducting internal and external audits, developing budget work programs and recommendations concerning appropriations, and similar functions. Some positions may also be assigned responsibility for directing other agency functions, such as Administration, Personnel, or Procurement and Supply.

Typical Functions

• Plans, directs and coordinates fiscal operations and financial accounting functions or assists in the planning and direction of such functions.
• Develops accounting systems and procedures for recording revenues and expenditures; directs the maintenance of accounting records concerning appropriations or other revenues, payroll expenses, supply and equipment purchases, travel expenses, contracting costs, and other financial transactions.
• Plans and directs operational or financial audits and other reviews to insure financial accountability, insure compliance with established standards, and enhance agency operating procedures.
• Directs the preparation of financial statements and reports.
• Reviews and approves obligations and expenditures as needed.
• Establishes necessary fiscal controls to insure appropriate accountability for revenues and expenditures.
• Directs the review and preparation of budget work programs; reviews and approves agency budget requests and makes recommendations concerning the state budget.

Level Descriptor

At this level employees are assigned responsibility for directing the overall fiscal operations and accounting activities of an agency which is large in size and scope, as defined in Level III. This involves serving as the Director of the Finance Department or comparable position. It may also include positions which are responsible for directing the operations of a major division of the Office of State Finance, which is assigned final responsibility for financial activities and operations involving all state agencies, such as the Budget Division, Central Accounting and Reporting Division and Financial Information System Management Division.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, public administration or a closely related field and six years of experience in professional accounting or auditing or closely related work, including two years in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one additional year of professional accounting or auditing experience for each year of the required education.